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::: appease - pacify or soothe; Ex. appease a crying baby; N. appeasement
::: slew - large quantity or number; Ex. slew of errands left
::: glut - overstock; fill beyond capacity (with food); fill to excess; N: oversupply
::: incarnate - endowed with flesh; invested with bodily form; personified; Ex. devil incarnate; V: give bodily form to; embody
::: immutable - unchangeable
::: overwrought - nervous or excited; extremely agitated; hysterical; wrought-up; CF. wrought: made or done
::: apocryphal - (of a story) widely believed but untrue
::: merit - deserve; ADJ. meritorious: deserving reward or praise
::: exposure - risk, particularly of being exposed to disease or to the elements; unmasking; act of laying something open; Ex. exposure of governmental corruption
::: whine - complain (in a sad voice); make a high sad sound (as in pain or supplication)